I apologize for the lag in my Northwest Garden Show posts this week. "Life" just got in the way over the last few days. But I'm back and ready to share more photos and commentary on the wonderful displays I discovered at the show!
Reclaim, Recreate, Rejuvenate!
They also had cute decorations tucked throughout the garden. It felt like a garden that any of us could achieve. It was one of my favorites.
Tweet Up!
Later…we had a Tweet-up with some Twitter Friends: Left to right: me, @juliebonnheath, @gardenmentor and @nestinstyle. (@NWGardenFlora is not pictured, but was there as well.) We found @gardenmentor (Robin) working at the the WSNLA display garden shown above. How nice that my twitter friend was part of one of my favorite displays! We had our photo taken in front of the garden. You can read all about each of these very talented women in the post on the NW Garden Show site.
It is fun to meet in person the people I have been tweeting with. Although we did not know what each other looked like, we managed to find each other and immediately felt like old friends. We had so much in common!
Another Planted Shed:
In the vendor area, there was a display by the Flower Growers of Puget Sound. They planted the roof and sides of a garden shed with succulents and grasses. Each side was completely different. It was gorgeous and had a crowd around it constantly with cameras in hand. 
More to come on container gardens in the next post…
In the meantime, here is Post 1 and Post 2 on the show, if you missed them.
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I could have sworn I commented, but I guess I’m losing my mind. Anyway, I was thinking I wish we’d taken one of the 4 china sets my in-laws wanted to give us (instead, dh’s SIL ran off with all 4 sets, but that’s another story…) because it would have been fun to fill the china teacups with plants!
I was reading about rooftop plantings in other places (recently in Mother Jones) and I think it is such a brilliant idea. I wish all major stores would do it.
I think rooftop plantings are “growing” in popularity. They are fun, but can be tricky.
I created a grass rooftop about 5 years ago on my kid’s old playhouse. I ran a sprinkler line up to the top. When they were younger, they got a kick out of being inside the house with the sprinkler on so it felt like it was raining outside.
They don’t play in it anymore, but I still have it planted in the children’s garden. I “mow” it with electric clippers. The downside to this roof garden is that it dries out quickly in our hot summers and requires a lot of water. I am planning on taking it down this year to make room for chickens. But it was fun while it lasted.
If I were to do it again, I would plant with succulents so that it wouldn’t need all the water.
Talking of unusual items to use for container gardening, I have an old farmhouse style type ceramic kitchen sink that might make a great garden feature with the right sort of shrubs or flowers planted in it.
Adding a grassy finish to a garden sheds roof sounds like an interesting concept !
Thanks for sharing the pictures too.
Rita
Hi Rita-
Thanks for stopping by!
I love the sink idea. I can just see it with something trailing out over the edges. It would look great…Go for it and then post the photos so we can see!
Nice arrangement.